UMCP (IET facility)
United States of AmericaMain characteristics
Coolant:Water
Primary system volume:0.91 m3
Primary system pressure (max):2 MPa
Core flow area:0.03 m2
Scaling method:UMCP
Time scale:1
Volumetric scale:1/500
Height scale:0.33
Scaling approaches:
- Non-Nuclear Core
- Decay Power
- Equal CL number
- Equal Loop Number
- Reduced Height Core
- Full Height Steam Generator
- Reduced Pressure
- Steam - Liquid Water
- Time Preserved
Loops
Number of loops:2
Number of single loops:2
HL inner diam.:89 mm
CL inner diam.:76 mm
Seal depth9.4 m
Number of FOR loops:2
Notes:
Preserv. Froude n
Core
Number of sim. fuel Rods:16
Diameter:25.4 mm
Pitch:80 mm
Heated length:0.6096 m
Max power:0.2 MW
Heating method:Indirect
Steam Generator
Number:2
Type:OTSG
Num. tubes single loop:28
Pressure:0.3 MPa
ID:30 mm
OD:31.7 mm
Pitch:50.8 mm
Average Tube length:3.9 m
References
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D W Sallet, M Popp, Dept. of Mech. Eng., and Y Y Hsu, G A Pertmer, Dept of Chem Nuc Eng: Final Design Report for. the UMCP 2x4 B&W Simulation Loop, College of Engineering, Univ of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, Augut 10, 1984
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Almenas, K, et al, UMCP 2 x 4 loop observations regarding the behavior of an integral system during SB-LOCA
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Small break loss of coolant test results for UMCP 2 x 4 loop one- and two-phase natural circulation in multi-loop system